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A Chat with Jean-Claude Brizard, the Personal and Professional
By Carol Felsenthal
Jean-Claude Brizard, 48, a big man at six feet five—“I’m too fat,” he tells me—was standing outside his office at Clark, just north of Adams, waiting for me as I arrived last Thursday for a sit-down interview. His musical accent reveals his Haiti origins, although he has been in the U.S. since 1976, when he arrived in New York as a 12-year-old. He has been a... Read more
The Chicago School-Day Length Debate, and Other Models
By Whet Moser
The battle between the Chicago Teachers Union and the Chicago Public Schools has culminated in a lawsuit over teacher hours and pay. Here's a long look at the difficulties of getting good information, and a look at the Japanese and KIPP approaches to the school day and year. Read more
9/11 and Social Media
By Whet Moser
The dangers and advantages of "social media" in the wake—or the moment—of national disaster, from the Kennedy assassination to the attack on the World Trade Center. Read more
What Happened Between David Protess and Medill?
By Bryan Smith
LOSS OF INNOCENCE: The star professor dedicated his 29-year career at Northwestern’s journalism school to overturning wrongful convictions and, in doing so, almost single-handedly prompted the end of the death penalty in Illinois. How did he and Medill come to such a bitter and rancorous end—in which no party escaped untarnished? Read more